Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 00:38:22 -0700 From: "Crist J . Clark" <cjclark@reflexnet.net> To: Evren Yurtesen <evren@ispro.net.tr> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: root access with NIS Message-ID: <20000810003822.D5405@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008092259060.51988-100000@finland.ispro.net.tr>; from evren@ispro.net.tr on Wed, Aug 09, 2000 at 11:00:02PM %2B0300 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008092259060.51988-100000@finland.ispro.net.tr>
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On Wed, Aug 09, 2000 at 11:00:02PM +0300, Evren Yurtesen wrote: > I want the machines in my network to get root passwords from the NIS > server. How can I do that? Why not just put null root passwords on all machines or give all users uid 0? Putting root in the passwd NIS maps is a Very Bad Idea(tm). But if you still want to do it, just get root in the map and make sure the '+' in the files on the clients comes before any root entry. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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